Skirt-supporter.



P. W. HOFFMAN.

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PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

NTTE SF T PAUL W. HOFFMAN, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 5, 1904. Serial No. 196,675.

No. 811,638. Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PAUL W. HOFFMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Albany, in the county f Albany and State of In the drawings, A is the hasp, preferably made of hard-drawn round wire 0 suitable diameter composed of the parallel portions a o a for producing I New York, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Skirt-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a of the class designed for supporting the lower portion of a skirt at a preferred distance above the ground, thereby obviating the ne cessity of the wearer holding the same with her hands.

It consists of the novel devices and parts and their combinations hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

The object of this invention is to provide in a skirt-supporter means for engagement the contracted opening and the lateral wider-spread portions 0. a for producing the enlarged opening A and the contracted portions a a, extending away from opening A having their ends turned toward each other and suitably joined, so as to form rounded end portion a and producing the more contracted opening A as shown in Fig. 1. These several portions of the hasp A are preferably made integral and are suitably joined at their ends and constitute the whole of that part of the device.

B is a transverse piece extending across the upper portion of the opening A and is provided with sleeves b b, which surround portions a a of the hasp and freely slide thereon in either direction. Suitably connecte with the rear side of each sleeve 1) bis the pintle member 11 on which the upper end of stud-plate B is pivoted by hinge-sleeve b. This sleeve b is the turned extension of studplate B, as shown in. Figs. 1, 2, 4t, and 5..

Extended across the extended opening A is the transverse latch-piece D, having one of its ends, as d, hinged on one side a of the hasp-body and the opposite end provided with a spring-catch d for engagement with the opposite side, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4.. This spring-catch d may readily be released from holding with the side portion a of the hasp by a pressure of the finger.

The stud-plate B carries on its free lower end the stud C, having button-head C for engagement with the fabric of a skirt, and suitable means are provided for securing this device to the upper portion of the skirt or to skirt-supporter with the skirt from its inner or under sid stud which is designed to hold with the fabric of the skirt and be itself and with the engaged fabric supported in place by a suitable keeper, which keeper may be readily oper-, ated by the wearer for freeing'the skirt from its suspended portion by releasing the stud irom its keeper, also to provide a hasp and a stud-plate for carrying the stud, which will be movable in relation to the hasp and be su orted thereon and hinged with the same for acilitating the operations intended to be had with the drape portion of the skirt, and, further, to provide with a hasp a keeper which is designed to support the stud-plate, with its stud, in place and readily permit the wearer to adjust the device to a new holding with the skirt when desired.

Other objects and advantages will be clearly shown and set forth in the specification when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in one sheet, '111 an undergarment, which means consists of which the r1ng A made integral with the hasp and Figure 1 18 a plan view of the skirt-supadapted to receive a cord or chain, the opposite end secured to the upper, or on a neighboring garment.

This skirt-supporter may be used either inside or outside of the skirt to be supported, and the manner in which it is operated is as follows: The cord or chain engaging with the ring A of hasp A is secured to the inside or outside of the upper part of the skirt or other garment in position, as may be desired, so that the whole device hangs from the selected point of suspension. The latch-piece D is thrown up, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the stud C released, as shown porter embodying the improvements in this of which is applied and invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a section taken at line 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4c is a side elevation showing the stud-plate swung back, keeper in place, and manner of hinging the stud plate to the sleeves, which are movable on the hasp. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the upper end portion of the hasp and stud-plate and transverse sliding piece provided with a hinge member, by means of which the stud-plate is secured to the hasp and made movable on said. hasp.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

outer, or inner portion of the skirt in Fig. 4. The stud-plate is moved upward on hasp A, so that the button-head C will be about at the center of enlarged opening A when the fabric of the skirt will be placed between the button-head and the hasp and pressed through opening A Then by hold ing the stud-plate B with one hand and pulling the hasp upward the fabric will be forced down into opening A as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the latch-piece D turned again into place and held by the spring-catch d, which secures the button-head and fabric and prevents their release. To liberate the fabric, the button-head is moved until free of latch-piece D. Then the latch D is thrown back, the buttonhead and cloth brought into opening A and the stud-plate thrown back, as shown in Fig. 4, when the fabric may be Withdrawn.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. A skirt-supporter comprising a frame composed of parallel bars bent to form a narrow opening, an enlarged opening, and a second narrow openin said three openings I communicating, a slide operable on the frame, a plate provided with a shank and a stud, a hinge connection between the plate and the slide, and removable means for preventing the head passing through the enlarged opening.

] 2. A skirt-supporter comprising a frame I formed with a shank-opening and an enlarged shank-head opening, a plate provided with a shank having a head, a slide mounted to operate on the frame, a hinge connection between the slide and the plate, a springlatch pivoted to the frame adjacent the head opening, the opposite end of the latch being bent to snap over the frame, to prevent the head passing through the head-opening.

. PAUL l/V. HOFFMAN. I WVitnesses:

A. SELKIRK, Jr., l CHARLES SELKIRK. 

